28/03/24 morning – Have Firm Faith in Sri Guru’s Words (English translation) – Contai, Bengal, India| Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- We made a beautiful nagara-sankirtana!
- Caitanya and Nitai traveled through all the villages absorbed in nama-sankirtana.
- Sloja: harer nāma harer nāma (CC Madhya-lila 6.242).
- God cannot be reached through knowledge and riches.
- In Kali-yuga, the process to reach God is the chanting of the Holy Names.
- You should start spiritual practice as long as your intelligence allows it. Druva started at 5 years old.
- Without sadhu-sanga it is not possible to achieve the Lord’s mercy.
- Agastya Rsi curses Indradyumna Maharaja to take the form of an elephant in the next life.
- Astavakra Rsi curses the Gandharva Huhu to take the form of a crocodile in the next life.
- The curse of the Rsis results in blessings.
- The fight between the elephant Gajendra and the crocodile, and their salvation.
- The Lord has given us eyes, mouth and limbs to serve Him.
- Everything Sri Guru says is perfect, we must have unbreakable faith in his words.
- Don’t challenge your Guru! Song: Asraya Koriya Bando Sri Guru Carana.
- To enter bhajana deeply, it is necessary for a sincere feeling of regret and lamentation to emerge!
- Sloka: patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ (Bhagavad Gita 9.26).
- The crocodile was not devotee but was released first because he was clinging to the paws of the devotee elephant Gajendra.
- Serve at the feet of Sri Guru!
